2012-2013 Academic Catalog 
    
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2012-2013 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HIST 230 - History of the Armenian Genocide

Type of Course: Seminar
Examines the various dimensions of the Armenian Genocide, through scholarly analyses, survivor narratives, journalistic accounts and other resources. Through the course, students develop a detailed understanding of the actual events of the genocide, its social and political causes, and its immediate and long-term impact on individual Armenians and the Armenian nation generally. Students will also treat in-depth the initial external response to the genocide, its political and legal aftermath, and the significant effort still made by the Turkish successor state to deny that the genocide occurred.